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Looking at what a good friend of mine has to put up with, I'd say someone with severe diabetes. You have periods when you cannot think very straight and it is e
by inflatableDodo 7y ago
Looking at what a good friend of mine has to put up with, I'd say someone with severe diabetes. You have periods when you cannot think very straight and it is easy to fuck up with standard syringes. Auto injectors should not cost a third of your income, they are not complex devices.
- colechristensen 7y agoThey shouldn't. But you also have a tiny mass produced machine that is life and death for people. Insuring quality is expensive and the cost of mistakes is extreme. If you want cheaper medicine you have to also have cheaper mistakes and there aren't many people arguing equally loud for both. (Just one issue of many)
- inflatableDodo 7y agoThe mistakes are not cheaper. The result of mistakes is a high risk of death in both circumstances. And measuring insulin into standard syringes while not being able to think straight is dangerous as hell.
- colechristensen 7y agoBy mistakes I was referring to manufacturing defects of medical devises and the levels of financial liability coming from them.
- inflatableDodo 7y agoI'm referring to which course of action is least likely to result in the death of a friend.
- colechristensen 7y agoSo how much do you want to limit and punish the accidental death of a friend? Higher numbers for the previous two will increase cost and death to people who can no longer afford the treatment. "Least likely" means infinite quality control and is not possible. Failure rate is not zero, you have to pick finite regulatory requirements and financial consequences for failure. You have to assign a dollar amount to a human life. It is uncomfortable for many people to think big picture thoughts but you're contently using things made by people who have to.